In the 31st minute, Dosari skillfully received a pass from Babouri and took a precise right-footed shot from the outside edge of the penalty area, but the ball accidentally hit the back of his teammate Shehari and bounced over the crossbar. Then, in the 35th minute, Dosari made a powerful breakthrough with the ball on the left rib, but fortunately, Zhang Linpeng blocked the ball in time and cleared the ball off the line. Before the end of the first half, the Chinese team launched a number of attacks, but due to the small number of players, the side of the ball were intercepted by the opposing players. In the 39th minute, Zhu Chenjie received a yellow card for overdoing it in defense of Xiehouri, who also fell to the ground in pain and needed treatment. In the 42nd minute, Shahrani first attempted a shot from the edge of the box, but it was blocked by Artem Junmin. Then, Faraj sent a fine behind-the-back ball, Shahrani stepped forward to head in from close range, but missed the chance because the ball was too high. In stoppage time, Faraj's corner kick from the right side was headed into the far corner by Shehari from the right corner of the penalty area. At the end of the first half, China went into the break trailing Saudi Arabia 0-1. At the start of the second half, China made a substitution, with Dai Weijun replacing veteran Artemis Junmin. In the 47th minute, Shalahli took a corner kick from the left side and grabbed the ball, and Muwallad took a reverse shot from the edge of the penalty area but missed. In the 53rd minute, Liao Lixiang broke the ball in front of the field, quickly launched a rapid attack, Zhang Yuning received a direct ball shot, but was blocked and then made up the goal was invalid due to offside. In the 57th minute, the Saudis again created a threat, Shehri back to the goal knocked back to do the ball, Shalahli left-footed shot off the right post. In the 59th minute, the Chinese team adjusted again, Gao Tianyi replaced Liu Binbin, which is also Gao Tianyi's debut in the national soccer team. In the 60th minute, Amri was yellow-carded for violating Dai Weijun. In the 62nd minute, Dosari took a shot from the edge of the box and the ball flew out of the bottom line from the far corner. In the 64th minute, Dosari dribbled past Zhang Linpeng and fired a shot from the edge of the penalty area, which was blocked by Yan Junling and bounced off the outside of the right post. In the 70th minute, the Saudis took a series of shots on goal, and Dosari's sweeping shot was parried by Yan Junling. In the 76th minute, Yu Dabao and Jin Jingdao replaced Zhang Yuning and Xu Xin respectively. In the 80th minute, Jin Jingdao received a pass from Gao Junyi on the right side of the road, header inside the penalty area, the ball hit Amri's right arm, the referee blew a penalty kick. In the 82nd minute, Zhu Chenjie drilled a shot, fooled the opposing goalkeeper Ovez and sent the ball into the goal, the national football team 1-1 to equalize the score, which is also Zhu Chenjie's first goal of the national football team. Finally, in the first minute of extra time, Yu Dabao was yellow-carded for arguing with Hamid. China and Saudi Arabia shook hands at 1-1, each taking a point. This is also the first point that the team has gotten in the World Qualifier Asian Zone 12 since Li Xiaopeng took over the national soccer team. According to the schedule, China will visit Muscat on March 30 at 0:00 GMT to play the final round of the tournament with Oman.
China (5-4-1): 1-Yan Junling; 19-Liu Yang, 2-Zheng Zheng, 20-Zhu Chenjie, 5-Zhang Linpeng, 3-Gao Zhunyi; 15-Liao Lisheng, 13-Xu Xin (76'16-Jin Jingdao), 8-Artemis Artemisia Junmin (46' 17-Dai Weijun), 21-Liu Binbin (59 '14-Gao Tianyi); 9-Zhang Yuning (76'22-Yu Dabao) Saudi Arabia (4-2-3-1): 21-Mohammad Al Owais; 6-Mohammad Al Buraiq (66' 12-Abdul Hamid), 4-Abdulla Al Amri, 17-Ahmad Al Shalahli, 13-Yar Al Shahrani; 7-Salman Al Faraj, 23-Mohammad Al Qano; 8-Hatan Al Babri (66'20-Abdulaziz Bihi), 10-Salem Dossari, 19-Fahd Mouarad (75'9-Khaled Ghannam); 11-Salih Shehri
